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Fruit Packing, Lemons, Oranges, Sweet Potatoes,
by Sand, Effectual for, as Done at Los Angeles, Cal. —"The citrus, or lemon men, of Los Angeles, " says the correspondent, " have made a discovery of great value to Florida. " [Then why not to every place, or man who desired to keep fruit, sweet potatoes, etc., any considerable time, for any purpose?] " dry sand, " he goes on to say, " is the best packing for lemons and oranges. The fruit must touch the sand. Experience (is our best teacher) warrants. keeping for 5 months at least. The dry sand has absorbing power that apparently takes up all exudations subject to decomposition, the rind being very porous. Naturally the thoughtful mind suggests that, on the same principle, dry sand must have similar preservative effect on other fruits, such as pears, plums nectarines, apples, and other smooth-skinned varieties. "
Remarks. —Yes, that is just what the principle does teach. If dry sand will keep lemons and oranges for 5 months, it will do the same with apples and the other fruits he names, and sweet potatoes as well, and every other fruit which perishes from the outside from natural dampness or from dampness arising from the rotting of the skin, which is the way most fruits, sweet potatoes, etc., do decay, as well as from slight bruising, which everyone must be careful not to do.
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